The color palette comes from Judy Laquidara's Patchwork TImes and at Vicki Welsh's Field Trips in Fiber while the grid for the basic block was based on Block 57 of the "I dropped the Button Box" crazy quilt at Pin Tangle. I used a lot more beads this time since I felt that the previous blocks had been getting skimpy with regard to the bead journal project part of things.
The color palette comes from Judy Laquidara's Patchwork TImes and at Vicki Welsh's Field Trips in Fiber while the grid for the basic block was based on Block 57 of the "I dropped the Button Box" crazy quilt at Pin Tangle. I used a lot more beads this time since I felt that the previous blocks had been getting skimpy with regard to the bead journal project part of things. rifestitch wrote on Jul 9 LOVE the colors in this! You do such a great job in combining all these elements!
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In the past week, I have completed a) three Christmas ornaments on perforated paper, b) one rather tacky attempt at TAST week 27, and c) the latest lesson from the Stash Busters. I took my fair entry form (five categories this year so I won't make my money back, even if I won first in all five) in to the fair office and I paid my entry fees. On Sunday, I started a new project which I have had kitted up for some time - "Birds of a Feather", designed by by Yvonne Horn of Papillon Creations which was published in The Gift of Stitching. I'm stitching this on 32 ct pewter linen (not because I think it's the right color choice but it was the only piece of 32 ct I had that was large enough): The border is basically half-done now... I also started on my July Color Palette/Crazy Quit Journal/Bead Journal Project: The color challenge was based on a Picasso pastel shown and posted on Judy Laquidara's Patchwork TImes and at Vicki Welsh's Field Trips in Fiber: Funny thing was, as I was piecing together the block (based on Block 57 of the "I dropped the Button Box" crazy quilt at Pin Tangle), what kept coming to mind was a tee shirt I own from the University of Florida --- at least until I put in the yellow piece! LOL Go Gators!
Since it is so dratted HOT (100 before NOON, for gosh sakes ---I thought I'd left this kind of heat behind when we left Saudi Arabia!), I plan on stitching this afternoon after I get all my computer tasks done --- assuming, of course that my laptop stops dropping out --- so far, iPhoto has crashed twice and Safari once in less than 30 minutes! Anyway on the stitching agenda today is "Kimono- Revisited" --- the instructor is getting antsy since it appears the entire class has slowed to a screeching halt on this thing, and has threatened dire consequences if we don't start posting pictures again! The first to be finished yesterday was the Take a Stitch Tuesday challenge for week 24 - the buttonhole wheel: The second was the Color Palette/Crazy Quilt Journal/Bead Journal Project challenges block for June... The color choices were based on the Color Palette Challenge which used a photo of a Stargazer Lily (See also Vicki Welsh's Field Trips in Fiber). The block grid is block 29 of "I dropped the Button Box" on Pin Tangle. What is more, I even beaded on "Ornaments ala Round" --- 7 of the 20 ornaments that required beads were completed and an eighth started! Yippee! I WILL get it finished this weekend (blood work and a quilt guild meeting tonight mean there won't be much beading time today) and I MIGHT get it to the framers before our house guests arrive Monday (and my stitching time dissolves completely). Fair registration is July 2 - 16 so it has to be at the framers ASAP! ashacat wrote on Jun 14 Wow Carol, those are gorgeous. Flying fingers & smoking needles!
I have been plugging away at "Ornaments ala Round" eve since the last WIPocalypse... and here is where it stands today --- one more color (in the evergreen boughs), and it will be time to start the metallic stitching! Also in progress is the June Color Palette/Crazy Quilt Journal/Bead Journal Project challenges. Here is my floss toss: and a close-up of the basic block as it will look when trimmed to size: The color palette is based on a photo of a Stargazer Lily, as seen on Judy Laquidara's Patchwork TImes blog and Vivcki Welsh's Field Trips in Fiber blog. The block grid block 29 of I dropped the Button Box on Pin Tangle by Sharon B. Again, I was lucky in that three of the colors in this block were used in the previous block so there is some color continuity in these blocks. Other completions this month have included: Take a Stitch Tuesday bands for half-chevron stitch, bullion knots, butterfly chain stitch, and knotted Cretan stitch. the May color palette/crazy quilt journal/bead journal piece the Mat Mini-Socks and Mittens lesson the Color Through the Ages "Medieval Book of Hours" twinchie I'm reading through lesson one in Janet Perry's Stitch Guide online class - this is the canvas I will be testing out in that class: and plugging away at "Kimono - Revisited" (for which I have a new set of 13 sections to work on) - here is where that piece stands at present: So, some progress on the BAPS and a few small completions. Still backed up in the WIP department, though! festitch wrote on Jun 4 Wow, you get so much done!! Great projects, all! Kimono is coming along nicely!
First, here's my Take-a-Stitch Tuesday band for week 19 - half-chevron stitch: I had already stitched three versions when I realized that I had too much slant in my stitch and realized I was stitching it wrong... When I figured that out (lower left of the band), I decided to bail for the time being and use the correct stitch in my Color Palette/CrazyQuilt Journal/Bead Journal Project block for May... It's the red stitchery on the green ribbon, embellished with orange and pale yellow seed beads, in the lower right quadrant: The color palette is the one provided by Judy Laquidara and VIcki Welch; the block is 6 x 6 square per the rules of the Crazy Quilt Journal Project and uses the grid for block 52 of Sharon B.'s "I Dropped the Button Box" crazy quilt on Pin Tangle; and is also being stitched to satisfy the May installment of the Bead Journal Project. My WIP is continued progress on "Ornaments ala Round", a Glendon Place chart: Empty spaces are eventually to be filled with Kreinik braids and Mill Hill Seed Beads. I can tell you now --- I do not like those evergreen branches --- murder to count, for one thing. And I seriously doubt, now, that it will be done in time for the fair... Oh well, c'est la vie! Didn't do too badly this week! For one thing, I caught up with "Kimono-Revisited" --- just barely since the May installment of 13 sections came in a day later. But ... And I used that "Kimono-Free Zone" to do week 18 of TAST and make a start at the Color Palette Challenge - still more to do on this one but my start is pretty good so far: I finished The May 2012 Stash-busting project, a piece made entirely from odds and ends of variegated glosses (an eclectic mix of GAST, WDW, DMC Variations, SanMan, Carries Creations, and Stranded by the Sea brands) with an DMC Ecru "grout" between the tiles: Janet Perry intended this to be larger and destined to be an eyeglass case but, as usual, I trimmed it down and have no immediate ideas for it's use.Ornament? It's a little large (roughly 4" X 4") but maybe... And finally, with the help (NOT) of that visiting frog, I made a start on "Ornaments ala Round". These are the four central bells (the blank spots will be filled with beads and Kreinik metallics). Leaf Green Cashel linen (28 ct) instead of teh gold used in the model. I didn't have any gold of the right size and didn't want to wait for (or pay for) a special order fabric when this perfectly suitable green was in my stash. Think I'll get it done in time to enter in the fair? Maybe if I left "Kimono" lapse again for a month or two... delete replyrifestitch wrote on May 7 WOW - you got a LOT of stitches in! Kimono is looking great - the sparkles are really showing up in that photo! I can't wait to see more of Ornaments :)
This week's stitch was crossed buttonhole: I'm doing May's "page" on 28ct Cashel linen ("Coral Reef") which has a different "hand" than the Jobelins I used on previous pages --- so my lines of stitching look a tad wonky (OK, it's not all the fabric's fault --- I have counting issues too! LOL). Threads were the usual GAST: Forest Glade, Butternut Squash and Old Blue Paint. I also auditioned fabric for May's Color Palette Challenge: What I like about this palette is that five of the fabrics above have appeared in previous Crazy Quilt Journal Challenge blocks (the floral red second from left, the batik orange, the two greens and the darker yellow) so there is "connection" with previous blocks. Sure hope there isn't a need for that floral red in future, though , because it's down to a scrap right now! I have a grid picked out and marked for the Crazy Quilt Journal and will be working on selecting embellishments today...
This one went quickly... my Crazy Quilt Journal Challenge block: It's based on the grid pattern of block 47 from "I Dropped the Button Box" on Pin Tangle and the colors in the Color Palette Challenge from Patchwork Times. . Seam treatments are based on one of the Take A Stitch Tuesday 2102 series over at Pin Tangle (basically, "half" whipped wheels) with some chain stitching and blanket stitching as well. Beading (#6 and #11 seed beads) of the lace and seam treatments as well as the snail shell charm are for the Bead Journal Project for April. rifestitch wrote on Apr 3 Wow, it was really pretty before the added embellishments, but this is GORGEOUS! I'd have to see them all side by side for sure, but I think this is my favorite so far :)
for the Crazy Quilt Journal/Bead Journal/Color Palette challenge for April --- my, those moldy greens were hard to match and I'm not sure I really got there (because, while I have TONS of blue fabric, none of them were quite there on the very light and very dark values...) but... Here are the fabrics I picked form my stash: In order to keep at least one fabric in common with my previous (March) block, I kept the medium brown and instead of going in a pinky-orange direction, I went in a browny-orange direction instead. And the moldy greens became teal/sea blues instead. And here is the basic block --- requiring only seam treatment embroidery and beads to be done! The block grid I used was Number 47 from the "I dropped the Button Box" crazy quilt Sharon B is doing over on Pin Tangle. rifestitch wrote on Apr 2 Pretty colors!
This piece was influenced by the color palette challenge issued by Judy Laquidara and Vicki Welsh. The Crazy Quilt Journal Challenge requires at least a 6 x 6 block and I used the grid from block 53 of Sharon B's" (of Pin Tangle) "I dropped the Button Box" project. In addition, stitches from the Take a Stitch Tuesday challenge adorn the seams: couched stitches, chain stitches , detached chains (Lazy Daisies) and chevron. The Bead Journal Project aspect of the piece was the beading throughout the seam treatments. rifestitch wrote on Mar 5 Nice - your daisies look GREAT!! I love how you are combining all of these! delete
robinatk wrote on Mar 6 What a challenge it must be to combine all these different challenges/techniques in one piece! CQ is a great way to do that and you're doing a fine job of it! Robin A. nancysxstitch wrote on Mar 7 This is looking really great, Carol! You're doing a fantastic job and how fun that you get to use all the new stitches that you've learned in the Take A Stitch Tuesday challenge! =] |
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